Chapter 13

His words coaxed a faint smile to the corners of my mouth, but I quickly pulled it back. "The way Gideon looks at you," Rhys suddenly remarked, his tone unreadable. "It doesn't look like he's let you go." With a *ding*, the elevator stopped on the nineteenth floor. I walked out first, ignoring his comment. My mother was already awake. She was leaning against the headboard, the oxygen mask removed. Her face was still sallow, but her eyes had more life in them than yesterday. When she saw...